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2001: A Space Odyssey
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- Released
- 11/06/2001
- DVD Region
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2 (UK, Western Europe, Japan)
Also plays on multi-region DVD players
What region is right for me? - Film and TV Genre
- General, Science Fiction
Description
A four-million-year-old black monolith is discovered on the moon, and the government sends a team of scientists on a fact-finding mission while hiding the truth from the public. Later, another team is sent to Jupiter in a ship controlled by the perfect HAL 9000 computer to further investigate the giant object--but something goes terribly wrong. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY is a masterpiece of filmmaking. Director and coscreenwriter (with Arthur C. Clarke) Stanley Kubrick has created a visual and aural spectacle that stands as one of the greatest achievements ever put on celluloid. The film begins with the "Dawn of Man" segment, about the evolution of apes, and then ventures into the future, taking a look at what the world might be like in the first year of the 21st century. Kubrick's film is a triumph of technological storytelling, a marvel of stunning sets and a brilliant soundtrack with the power to overwhelm and mystify. Long dialogue-free scenes sparkle with indelible images and powerful orchestral music, culminating in an unforgettable, inscrutable tale of birth and rebirth, human evolution and artificial intelligence, the past and the future.
Plot Synopsis
A highly evolved civilisation sets up mysterious monolithic objects on Earth, the Moon, and in orbit around Jupiter, which impart vital survival information to ancient man, and later signal man to travel deep into space. When man arrives on the great civilisation's planet he is reborn with immense powers of wisdom and strength.
Product Details
- Actors
- Keir Dullea
- Gary Lockwood
- William Sylvester
- Daniel Richter
- Robert Beatty
- Leonard Rossiter
- Director
- Stanley Kubrick
- Aspect Ratio
- 2.20:1
- 2.21 Wide Screen
- CD WOW! Sales Rank
- #36920
- Award
- OSCAR - Best Visual Effects 1969
- OSCAR - Best Visual Effects 1969;Stanley Kubrick
- Audio Format
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
- Stereo Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Dolby Digital 5.1 English German
- Disc Features
- Scene Selection
- Theatrical Trailer
- Interactive Menus
- Scene Access
- Trailer
- Subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- English
- German
- Year of release
- 1968
- Media Format
- DVD-Video
- Film Format
- Anamorphic
- Number of Discs
- 1
- Film Rating (Australia)
- G
- Run Time (minutes)
- 136
- Film Rating (UK)
- U
- Subtitle Language
- Danish
- Dutch
- English
- Finnish
- French
- German
- Icelandic
- Italian
- Norwegian
- Swedish
- Language
- English
- Colour System
- PAL
- Cast & Crew
- John Hoesli (Art Director)
- Arthur C. Clarke (Author)
- Geoffrey Unsworth (Cinematographer)
- John Alcott (Cinematographer)
- Harry Lange (Production Designer)
- Tony Masters (Production Designer)
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